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Is HDCD dead?

I'm looking at players on this site and hardly none of them seem to encode "HDCD".Is this used in some of the newer players yet?In the past the cd's that had the HDCD label on them all sounded better than regular redbook cd's.Why are'nt more players using this technology.Does anyone have a list of players that use HDCD encoding?
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jack_dotson
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Perfectionist, are you sure about the Naim's playing HDCD's? I have their entry level CD5i and have seen nothing to indicate it has this capability.
perfectionist
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Jack_dotson,

While I've had a CD5i and CD5x in my system, and now have a CDX2, I may have misspoke. In reading on Naims' site, it looks like HDCD doesn't start till you get into the X2.
My apologie's.
psacanli
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The genius of HDCD will last as long as music is played via a non live medium-cd, gorecord(good old record), tape, gkw(god knows what)
psacanli
535 posts
 
Shadorne, the benefits of HDCD are far more than the dynamic range; HDCD would be extremely worthwhile even if it provided zero dynamic range increase. I feel You really should take a listen on a quality system before making such erroneous theoretical assumptions.
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chazro
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Picked up this gem at my local used CD shop:
The Beach Boys Classics-Selected by Brian Wilson. Done in HDCD, glorious!!
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